Validation of a Parent-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire by Accelerometry in European Children Aged from 6 to 12 Years Old

Daniel Prieto-Botella, Desirée Valera-Gran, Loreto Santa-Marina, Izaro Babarro, Mikel Subiza-Pérez, Maribel Casas, Mónica Guxens, Gabriela Cárdenas-Fuentes, Barbara Heude, Jonathan Y. Bernard, Rosemary R. C. McEachan, Judith García-Aymerich, Martine Vrijheid and Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz
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Daniel Prieto-Botella: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
Desirée Valera-Gran: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain
Loreto Santa-Marina: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Izaro Babarro: Group of Environmental Epidemiology and Child Development, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014 San Sebastian, Spain
Mikel Subiza-Pérez: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Maribel Casas: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Mónica Guxens: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Gabriela Cárdenas-Fuentes: ISGlobal, 08036 Barcelona, Spain
Barbara Heude: Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Université Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, F-75004 Paris, France
Jonathan Y. Bernard: Centre for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), Université Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, F-75004 Paris, France
Rosemary R. C. McEachan: Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK
Judith García-Aymerich: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Martine Vrijheid: Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Eva-María Navarrete-Muñoz: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Miguel Hernandez University, 03550 Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-10

Abstract: Validated physical activity (PA) questionnaires are crucial for collecting information in large epidemiological studies during childhood. Thus, this study analyzed the validity of a parent-reported PA questionnaire based on the Children’s Leisure Activities Study Survey by accelerometry in European children aged from 6 to 12 years old. We used data from 230 children of the Human Early-Life Exposome and Infancia y Medio Ambiente projects. Mean differences between moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) reported by the questionnaire and the accelerometer were calculated (min/day), and its associated factors were explored by multiple robust linear regression. The agreement between methods was examined using a Bland–Altman plot. The concurrent validity of assessing MVPA was analyzed by cohort-adjusted Spearman’s partial correlations. ROC curve analysis was also used to explore the questionnaire’s capability to identify active children based on the World Health Organization guidelines. A moderate correlation was found between parent-reported and accelerometer MVPA (rho = 0.41, p < 0.001). The child’s sex (girl) was statistically associated with the mean MVPA difference between methods. However, this questionnaire accurately identified physically active children (area under the curve = 83.8% and 82.7% for boys and girls, cut-points = 68.6 and 45.4 min/day in MVPA, respectively). Consequently, this questionnaire is suitable for classifying active children in order to monitor public health interventions regarding PA.

Keywords: moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; validity measures; measurement; childhood (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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